Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] come over " in BNC.
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1 | But there was a big loss of life as well , but what frightened me was this Germans coming over on Peedie bits of rafts and the men swimming in the sea and whatnot |
2 | ‘ Sadly there is n't a venue in England yet 1,200 British fans came over to cheer me on at The Hague in Holland recently . ’ |
3 | This fella came over in an 18–30 steward 's blazer and he said , ‘ You 're responsible for me working here ’ . |
4 | It was too far for the old lady to come over . |
5 | You could always , you , you always used to say we could tell the German planes coming over er they 'd got a certain sound because they were so heavily ladened . |
6 | old ferry coming over from erm Harwich to the Hook of Holland . |
7 | ‘ The Warden was just telling me all the details when this policeman come over , wanted to talk to 'im . |
8 | Old Bob came over |
9 | Helped by Vladimir Riha 's reedy , unhoneyed tone , this performance comes over with irresistible rustic pungency and vigour as if in the open air rather than the Beaux Arts ' drawingroom . |
10 | He had reluctantly agreed " to let the old man come over " . |
11 | TELEVISION viewers waiting for the result of the 3.10 race at Doncaster last Wednesday heard director Bob Gardam called Lord Howard d'Warden an ‘ Old Fart ’ after his lordship wandered in front of the camera and Mr Gardam thinking he was safe in the privacy of the TV scanner , for some reason came over loud and clear on the course 's PA system . |
12 | It was a German plane coming over . |
13 | ’ ‘ It 's funny to think that just this afternoon I had the idea of getting poor old Eddy to come over to the Gates and tell me something about himself … |
14 | Erm I mean maybe they have n't had very much , but erm but in , in a sense there 's a sort of huge commitment on their part to that , because they actually , I remember some chap came over to do the talk and I think he 's got four kids and he said , well you know , I did n't know how my kids were going to react to people fine you know |
15 | A serious look came over his face . |
16 | there 's a big gang of these big black and white things coming over so we 're giving the and then a big gang from this side 'd come over and then all the white swans 'd come over , god ! |
17 | An answering cheer came over to them , thin but prolonged . |
18 | Moments of self-doubt , fear , determination and rapid planning come over as pauses in an extremely close , tense account of the measures taken by Dick and his crew to cut wreckage clear and get the ship under control . |
19 | One bedraggled , beaten-up man comes over to warn us . |
20 | From the office window the Editorial day is frequently broken by the sight of Wittering 's Harriers going about their exercises , the gorgeous Vulcan comes over and invariably waggles its wings … |
21 | " Whatever you call them , Paul , I would n't mind having a hundred or two of these peasants come over to Virginia to work my plantation . " |
22 | The amount of time and energy staff need to spend in communicating ( and sometimes miscommunicating ) with each other comes over very strongly , and one can see how easily misunderstanding , resentment or perhaps even hostility can develop when individuals work in close proximity under pressure , even where channels of communication may seem open and well defined . |
23 | More terrified than the ruddy planes coming over ! |
24 | So we 're bringing the Swedish Airlines to come over and manage it . |
25 | ‘ As my hand located what it sought , a dreamy and eerie expression came over your childish features . |
26 | A look of despair , of righteous anger came over his face . |
27 | I mean , look at me , I were going down Dunscroft there , you know at top of and er I 'm just driving in along and this bloody dog come over |
28 | ‘ Luke ! ’ he echoed , a puzzled look coming over his face . |
29 | She was also warm-hearted and pleasant and those qualities came over . |
30 | The confusing and contradictory nature of the medical evidence comes over even more clearly when one examines the findings of the later waves of evacuation , for in these the Board of Education and Ministry of Health , anxious not to repeat their mistakes of September 1939 , did intervene more actively . |